on going to college at 16, making big batches of a ginger and collagen 'polycule elixir', and opening a queer and trans gym
meet colline laninga
meet colline laninga
Boxing coach Colline Laninga likes to stay active — when she’s not coaching, you might spot her partying with friends, doing Acroyoga, or hiking with her mom upstate — but she also appreciates a slow start to the morning before starting her day at OutBox, the queer- and trans-led boxing gym she helped start. We talked to Colline about starting college at 16, going from periods of homelessness to the apartment where she met her friend and business partner, and her ‘polycule elixir.’
“I joke that I was in a sex cult. I was seeing this amazing couple I met on Feeld, and they ran a very sex-positive community. I’m now finding my own idea of what my own sexuality is like. That’s part of what I’m coming back to. I live with my partner, and I have my own room. It’s really nice, the two of us navigating our relationship while I’m also navigating myself out in the world.”
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